The Chariho Times

April 3, 2014

By

KELLY SULLIVAN

HOPKINTON â It was the last thing Clifford Albert Langworthy expected to see as he drove toward Alton, a little after eleven oâclock in the morning on Dec. 13, 1945; a plane spinning around in the sky then disappearing somewhere among the hills up ahead. He watched the blue expanse above him, waiting to see the plane turn back up toward the clouds. However, what he saw instead was a plume of dark smoke rising in the distance.

April 3, 2014

By

BENJAMIN BRANCHAUD

WESTERLY - Attorney General Peter Kilmartin has filed a lawsuit against six defendants with houses abutting Misquamicut Beach in an attempt to solidify beach access laws and erase âfaultyâ 1969 and 1970 survey plans that the state believes zoned the area incorrectly.

âThis is the case of two faulty survey plans,â said the stateâs summary of facts. âThese drawings, made in 1969 and 1970, were respectively used by two individual beach-front owners to usurp the arrangements crafted six decades beforehand in the original subdivision. However, an established plat is not so easily uprooted.â

April 3, 2014

By

MARIA SHANAHAN

RICHMOND â The town council voted 5-0 Tuesday to grant a seasonal recreational facilities license to Wawaloam Reservation Inc.

Located at 510 Gardiner Road, Wawaloam Campground currently has 310 campsites and is in the process of constructing an additional 130 special overflow campsites, according to Wawaloamâs attorney, George Comolli.

The application before the council was for 430 sites, but Council Vice President Henry Oppenheimer said he wasnât comfortable with approving a license for sites that have yet to be built.

March 27, 2014

The forum is slated to include discussions on e-cigarettes and marijuana, a presentation from special guest speaker Matt Bellace, and a surprise honoring of a local hero.

At Tuesdayâs Chariho School Committee meeting, members of the task force were present along with Richmond Police Chief Elwood Johnson to discuss substance abuse prevention in the towns and the school district.

March 27, 2014

By

KELLY SULLIVAN

RICHMOND â Theakston De Coppet grew up far from the sprawling farmlands of Richmond, Rhode Island. The son of Henry De Coppet and his wife Laura (Fawcett), Theakston knew more about the duties of butlers and nannies than he did about milking cows and feeding chickens. A resident of high-class accommodations on Park Avenue in Manhattan, Theakston and is family lived well under the care of their Irish cook, a laundress, chambermaid, waitress and other numerous household staff members.

March 27, 2014

By

MARIA SHANAHAN

WOOD RIVER JUNCTION â The Chariho School Committee voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve a revision to the districtâs policy regarding academic requirements for high school graduation.

Superintendent Barry Ricci proposed a revision that would increase the physical education requirement to two credits. âWeâve long been criticized for only providing one quarter of PE,â Ricci said. âWeâve found a way to schedule it so we can provide a semester.â

March 20, 2014

Members of the Hope Valley Indoor Winter Farmers Market (HVIWFM) have partnered up with individuals in the local farm community to help rebuild the Travis Family Farm. On March 10, the barn at Travis Family Farm burned to the ground, killing more than 50 animals inside. The Travis family was a vendor at the market with Rachylâs Goats Milk soap and a variety of handcrafted products. To help the family financially and in spirit, a raffle has been planned.

March 20, 2014

By

KELLY SULLIVAN

HOPKINTON â The gathering crowd tightened in around the newly erected structure in Pine Grove Cemetery. The impeccably built concrete tomb contained two sections, separated by double iron doors. The first room, measuring 10 feet by 12 feet with a seven and a half foot high ceiling, and walls fourteen inches thick, was to serve as a receiving vault. The second section, a vestibule ante-room measuring 10 feet by 10 feet with a 10-foot high ornamental steel ceiling containing a cornice and centerpiece would be used for holding funerals during inclement weather.